Reasons NOT to have children

I agree that many people have children for (what i consider to be) the wrong reasons. I have known women who had children because their relationship was having issues. A child is just going to exacerbate the issues, not fix them. Usually those women end up raising the child along and struggling. I waited until I was 35 to marry my husband, and we're getting ready to have our first child (I'm 37 now). I'm glad we waited. I think we have more to offer a child now - we're more stable emotionally and financially than we were when we were younger.

a good thought but have you thought how many people think like you...... in india people still want more than 2 children and having no children is a mirrage..... i would suggest to have one child a family, what do you say?

a good thought but have you thought how many people think like you...... in india people still want more than 2 children and having no children is a mirrage..... i would suggest to have one child a family, what do you say?

You do not want children because ypu don't want the plannet to suffer??!!I think I missunderstood, right?!

i dont agree with not having children at all coz if everyone decides that way then we won't have any, i repeat, ANY young blood in next 20-25 years as everyone would be old and dying. I know this is so hypothetical and the situation can never be that bad but it can be bad enough to affect the working of our planet. I wud go for a single child for a couple rather

Well there r many reasons but one of them is no extra problems and no spendings.But i don't think there is a person out there how hates children.

You have your choice to choose not to have children, nothing wrong with it. But for myself I love to have 2 children and I’m pregnant now. I think certain country didn’t educate their people well enough on family planning which creates an unequal distribution of human being in the world. If everyone in the world decided not to have children, there would not be anymore young generation in the future, imaging the impact it will give to the world. That why, I think having one or two children will be the ideal way.

so u dont want to have children for sake of other humans and the planet ? boy this planet is made for us to live in. not to let it desolate ! dont u have faith in God's strength? He will give what is needed for the entity of the whole planet. there were epidemics in history but the world has come upto u coz people had children even they lost others in the family. what if ur parents thought like u? wud u been in this world?

I would not like to have children at all because I do not want to leave a copy of mine on this earth. The planet is beautiful but human beings arent. The human world is a dirty world full of crime and pollution, of hatred and of fear. My parents do not allow me to travel alone thinking am in danger of being in trouble. And the limitations have only increased. If you look at delhi- the city in which i live, i would never have children until and unless i can give them a beautiful future with the best of education and opportunities to live this life without hurting others or being hurth themselves. Not all people are tolerated here- dark coloured ones, poor, helpless, homosexuals, women....a bundle of powerlessness sweeps the society and discrimination is aghast. I have taken years to come term with myself. I would never give this world my children. I will live and complete myself with this world.

i personally wanted to have children because its the most natural thing in the world. Our bodies were made to procreate and i wouldn't want someone telling me not to have kids because the environment will be harmed. Kids don't harm the environment. People abusing it by using aerosols and producing pollution harm the environment. People driving round in large cars and choosing not to walk or cycle or use public transport wherever possible. That is something we can teach future generations and they can learn from OUR mistakes.

because thy are troublesome to be brought up and it is an extra responsibility on ur head.

A good thought friend..But juz imagine what if ur parents had thought the same.U wont be here right now starting this discussion in myLot..

well i thnk having kids fullfills a women n to gve reasons n decide over it is stupid n is also fullfills a realtion

I knew from an early age that I did NOT want children. I've never particularly liked children, even when I was one myself. And I sort of felt that my not having children might in some small way make up for those people who have too many.

I definitely think you should NOT have children. Not everyone is cut out for it, and if you're sure you won't like parenting, then definitely don't have children. Be aware, however, that all your life you will depend on other people's children. Other people's children will prescribe your medication, fix your leaky pipes, collect your garbage, and pay for your social security benefits. And if you are a woman, one day you may well be asking young men in your family (nephews and nieces' husbands and their children) to come to your house to fix your air-conditioner, and move heavy things, and take a look at your car which is broken, and wait in the emergency room for you and talk to the doctor afterwards. I am saying this because the elderly childless women in my family are always asking my husband and myself for these kinds of favors. I happen to love babies. I have four children and I wish I had one more, but we'll see...

I am a dark-green enviromentalist, so i would encourage that people not to have too many kids. According to the formula of multiplication, having just 1 kid will cut half the world's population (like what had been enforced in China). Having 2 kid is just nice, (to maintain the population count) but if having more than 2 will giving us the over populated crisis (we are facing nowadays) when every new baby is born, what come together is an increase of many tons of rubbish, higher food consumption rate, worsen green house effect (consumre more oxygen). But it's still our right to have kids, and it's human instinct to ensure the continuaty of his own blood line. But in order to be environmental friendly, just not to have more than 2 kids. :)

I choose at this moment not to have children. If or when I get married and my husband prefers that, then I will do it. I want to have as much life experience as possible so I can pass on all the qualities they will need to be a productive adult and I'm not quite there yet.

My husband and I would love to have a big family. We love children and the three that we already have, have blessed us richly. They bring us great joy and bring out the very best in us. We would actually like to double up!! To accomplish this though we have decided that the next three children that we add to our family should come through means of adoption. This really doesn't have a lot to do with not wanting to populate the earth as much as it has to do with us desiring to give children a loving home. I might suggest to others who are concerned with the environment, but still have a heart for children to consider adoption as an option for their family. You solve two problems ... you give a child who needs a home, a home and you still maintain the current population of the earth!

IT IS THE NATURES TENDENCY THAT - ONE GETS BIRTH, LIVES, GIVE BIRTH TO OTHER, DIE AT THE END - IT IS ALL THE CYCLE. YOU BORN, OK , CREATE YOUR REPRESENTATIVES (LIMITED), MAKE THEM GEMS. THATS ALL. GO AHEAD.

Reasons NOT to have children? Gawd! You sound really fed up with life. God gives em to you, you do nothing but take care of them for him. Yesterday is past, tomorrow is uncertain, TODAY is a GIFT from GOD that is why we call it the PRESENT!!! Smile and Have em....in small doses.